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No. 258,628. Patented May 30. 1882.

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LUTHER D. BUSELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES H.. BUSELL, OF SAME PLACE.

EDGE-PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,628, dated May 30, 1882.

Application filed April 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LUTHER D. BUsnLL, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Edge-Planes for Trimming the Edges of Boot and Shoe Sole's, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates toahand-tool for trim- :o ming the edges of boot and shoe soles, which is usually termed an edge-plane, and it consists in the combination of a cutting to l adapted'to trim and shape the edge of the sole, a revolving gage-roll adapted to bear upon the edge of the sole in advance of the cutter, and a revolving guide-roll adapted to bear against the tread-surface of the sole, as will be described.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of an edge-plane embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation, and Figs.5 and 6 are views looking at the opposite ends of the same.

A is the tool-handle, having set in the opposite ends thereof the shanks B and B, to which are adjustably secured the cutting-tools O and 0, respectively. The cutter G, secured to the larger end of the handle A, has its outer face 0 molded to the converse of the shape that it is desired to give to the fore-part edge of the sole, while the cutter C, secured to the opposite end of the handle A, is molded to the desired shape to be given to the edge of the shank 3 5 portion of the sole.

D and D are stationary rand-guards rigidly secured to or formed in one piece with the shanks B and B, respectively.

E and E are brackets or stands adjustably secured to the shanks B and B, respectively, upon the sides opposite to the rand-guards D and D, and held in position by the screws to and a, respectively, as shown.

F is a gage-roll mounted on a journal or 5 stud, b, set in the side of the bracket E, said roll occupying a position alittle in advance of the cutting-edge of the cutter O and adapted to bear upon and roll along the edge of the sole in advance of the cutter.

G is a guide-roll mounted upon a stud, 0, set in the stand G, adjustably secured to the bracket E in such a manner that said roll may be moved toward or from the stationary randguard D to adapt it to soles of different thicknesses.

Owing to the peculiar shape of the shanktrimming cutter G and the shape of the sole in the shank of the boot or shoe, a modified form of gage-roll, F, is used in connection with the shank-cutter, which roll is mounted upon 6: the stud I), set in the bracket E, and is provided with the annular flange d, which serves as a rotating guide in lieu of the roll G. A

By the use of the revolving gage and guide rolls or surfaces the edge-plane is rendered much more effective and easy of operation, for the reason that the friction is very much reduced, and as a consequence the resistance to the forward movement of the cutter is greatly diminished, and the operator is therc- 7o fore enabled to carry a steadier hand, and thus do a smoother and better job, than he could do without such rotating gage and guide-surfaces, and work can be done with much greater ease and in less time.

What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. The combination, in a hand edge-plane for trimming boot and shoe soles, ofacutt-ingtool the cutting-edge of which is shaped to out away portions of the thickness of the sole to a greater depth than other portions, and a gage-roll of equal diameter throughout, arranged'to bear upon the solo in front of said cutting-edge and form between it and said cut-- ting-edge a throat of varying width, whereby a chip of varying thickness in cross-section may be cut from the sole-edge, and thus reduce it to the desired form at one operation, substantially as described.

2. In an edge-plane for trimming boot and shoe soles by hand, the combination of a cutting-tool adapted to trim and shape the edge of the sole, a revolving gage-roll adapted to bear upon the edge of the sole in advance of 5 the cutter, and a revolving guide-roll adapted to bear against the tread-surface ot' the sole, substantially as described.

Executed at Boston, Massachusetts, this 2d day of April, A. D. 1881.

LUTHER D. BUSELL.

Witnesses:

E. A. HEMMENWAY, WALTER E. LOMBARDi 

